BIRTHDAY CANDY

This post will stay pinned to the top of my blog until 10th June. Please scroll down for my other posts. Thanks!

It seems that not many of you wanted to enter so far, so I've changed it and am opening it up to everyone. The only rule now for entering is to start your post with CANDY.

CRAFTERS ONLY PLEASE - no CANDY ONLY blogs will be eligible to win.

Some of you will know that I have a milestone birthday coming up soon. Well, I have decided to treat one of you to some CANDY. I treat myself at the beginning of the year to some stash and doubled up on my order to give you the same as I got (plus I'll add some extras).

Don't forget that you MUST start your comment with CANDY.

After June 10th, the 40th comment with CANDY at the beginning will win. Comments will be kept under wraps until then.

You may enter as few or as many times as you like, but no more than once a day to give everyone a fair chance. If you comment here more than once a day, I'll only count your earliest correct comment for each day! IYKWIM? So, it's no good doing 40 comments now, then sitting back and waiting for the postie!!!

Here's what one person will get:

Patterned Papers

Bazzill

Prima Paintables

Rusty Pickle Chippboard Accents

Prima Daisy Crazy Blooms

Bag of Mixed PrimaFlowers

Pink Martini Rub-Ons

Basic Grey White Rub-Ons

Imaginisce Flashy Flourish Rub-Ons

Pink Pig Notebook

Ribbons and Lace

Buttons

Good luck to you all and feel free to spread the word

Love and hugs
Sarah C xoxoxo

Scrummy Stash Cafe and Friday Sketchers

Scrummy Stash Cafe challenged us to use our tags and Friday Sketchers challenged us to do something using their sketch. So, I flipped the sketch over and here's my offer that combines both challenges




Thanks for looking
Take care. Love and hugs
Sarah C xoxoxo

Scrummy

UKS weekly challenge is to scrap something scrummy, use some pink & black, a poem, hidden journalling and fabric.

Here's my LO and it's the first time I've not used a photo on a LO.

As you've most probably guessed I've used the topic of my scrummy stash. LO is mainly pink & black, poem written by me, journalling behind the poem, ribbons (velvet, satin & organza), ric-rac & fibres. I've also added my new stamp, chipboard, button, stamp, Stickles, patterned paper/card, photo turn, brads, blooms, metal embellishments (heart with 'handmade with love' on and a tiny pair of scissors). I added some colour to the stamped image by watercolouring with my brush markers and added a light covering of stardust stickles.

Poem reads:

Ribbons & blooms, paper & card - I used to think crafting would be hard - To make something pretty out of stash - It took me a year, but I gave it a bash

With my inks & stamps & glitter glue - Chipboard & buttons & fibres too - Scissors are poised, DST is at hand - I'm, certainly hooked & life is grand

Thanks for looking. Love and hugs

Hello

Hi everyone, I am still about. Quick catch up on me, then I'll bore you all with my crafting.

I had 2 weeks work at Ely Cathedral and had such long days I was shattered. Then, after a week-end away when I went to the Scrapbook Show at Ally Pally, I came down with a viral infection, so I've been off work for nearly 2 weeks. I'm still not fully recovered, but I'm getting there. Due to that and the fact that I temp, my job had to be given to someone else. I'm now waiting to hear if I have a job at one of the colleges in Cambridge starting Monday and going until Christmas. It'll mean very long days, so don't expect much on here if that happens :(

Well, that's me. Now my craft. To start with, here's the stash I bought at AP

My niece ~ QUEEN OF THE CASTLE

My eldest nephew's birthday card

My youngest nephew

My new patio furniture

My youngest sister and her O/H one month after getting together

25th Wedding Anniversary Card

Members Sketch Challenges on 3C's ~ do a LO, Card and ATC using the sketch and 'extras' as stipulated in each challenge.

Sketch

LO

Card

ATC

Sketch

LO

Card

ATC

Mum's Birthday Crafting

Exploding Garden

Framed LO

DLO of a view of the village I grew up in

Birthday Card

Mum & I at a wedding in the early 70's

Sunset on the Norfolk Broads

Tractor Fire

Sunset

My cousin Sandra

Thanks for taking the time to look. Please feel free to leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by. I'm hoping to do a blog hop this week-end, so if I do I'll pay you a visit to see how you are and what you've been up to.

Love as always, Sarah xxx

Spring

Spring has sprung. Well, it did in April in Clacton. Saturday 9th's Sultry Summer Stash Bash on UKS was to use the sketch provided, 2 different manufacturers' PPs and; as an added challenge, mix your alphabets. So, what did I do?

I used 2 different papers: Imaginisce for the top right and K&Co Brenda Walton design (can't remember the exact name as that's the bit I stuck down!!) for the bottom left. Both were bought from Charmed. For the title, I used 2 different stamps, a hand-punch, a sticker, a paper cut-out and handwriting. The flower in the centre is chipboard that I've double heat-embossed using rose ink and clear powder.

Thanks for looking.

What's Been Happening This Week?

Well I'm here again. I've been crafting a bit this week. UKS have a Sultry Summer Stash Bash happening for all of August. The idea is to use the stash you already have rather than buy more for it. Mondays are mini-book day and as I'm not that into those, I'm missing them out. I also started a week late, so I'm playing catch-up. This week so far I've done days 2, 3, 4 and 5. Each day there's a sketch to follow (Wednesday had 2!) and most days had a technique or something else to do too.

Here's my LOs so far:

Day 2 ~ Technique - Stamping (stamped title and stamping above and down the right-hand side of the photo)

Day 3 (2 sketches) ~ Technique - Bling

LO 1) Bazzill Bling card and glitter on the flower card

LO 2) Glass gems on wire plus glass beads around ric-rac

Day 4 ~ Technique - Recycle (the title has been done by stencilling inside the waste from chipboard alphabets)

Day 5 ~ No technique

I realised after I'd photographed it, that I'd called this gentleman my Grandad Kirby when he is in fact my Great-Grandad Kirby. I'll rectify that later by adding a couple of words to the top lines.

Thank you for looking.

A Quick Card and a Brilliant Sunday

I had to make a quick card on Friday night as I realised that I would need to take it to David's Dad on Saturday. It's his birthday next Saturday, but he's going away for a few week's holiday. As there wasn't much time, this is the quick card I made. It's been ages since I completely finished a card in less than half an hour. To make it easier, I used co-ordinating items all from Dovecraft's Masculine Range ~ 6x6 Paper Pack, Funky Brads. Chipboard Embellishments. All that was left for me to do was put it all together and add some fibres and a greeting. I used a peel-off due to the time factor (well, it was nearly 3am!!!).

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I have no photos to show you of my Sunday, but I've had the most awesome day. My niece is leaving Junior School and going to the 'big school'. Doesn't time fly? So that she has a lasting memory of being there, she's visited me these last 2 Sundays and I've helped her to make a mini-album for her friends and teachers to sign and for her to add photos and anything else she chooses. I gave her several ideas and she chose what she wanted and added her own ideas and twist on things. She's such a natural crafter that it's a joy to be with her like this (her elder brother is just the same). She decided to put one pocket on each DLO and make tags for everyone, which looks brilliant. She's going to come over in the Summer holidays and add the final touches to the book and then I'm hoping to take some photos. I did have to frisk her on the way out though as she was threatening to sneak all my stash out the door! Hmmm...... I don't think so LOL